Christian Brothers settle suit with 400 sex abuse victims

May 23, 2013

By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter

The Roman Catholic religious order that runs Brother Rice High School in Chicago and St. Laurence High School in Burbank didn't want Brother Edward Chrysostom Courtney in Chicago any longer. So in the early 1970s, the Irish Christian Brothers shipped him to the West Coast and kept the troubling reasons to themselves.

(White Plains, NY) The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for The Christian Brothers Institute and The Christian Brothers of Ireland, Inc. have approved the terms and conditions of a consensual reorganization plan in the Chapter 11 cases of The Christian Brothers Institute and The Christian Brothers of Ireland, Inc.

Motion by Survivor Committee to Share Information Regarding Abusers

Damien Memorial School, Catholic Church sued by former students

November 8, 2012 | By Tim Sakahara

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -Two former students are suing Damien Memorial School and the Catholic Church of Hawaii. They claim the school covered up tortuous sex abuse by a longtime teacher three decades ago.

Demonstrators demand removal of Darien priest

August 27, 2012

By Michael P. Mayko

DARIEN -- Handing out fliers and wearing placards, a former Catholic priest and an abuse victim stood at the entrance of St. Thomas More church Saturday, demanding the Diocese of Bridgeport remove an elderly priest for allegedly abusing three high school students some 30 years ago.

Admin Quits Over Sex Abuse Claims

August 22, 2012

By HARRY HUGGINS

Despite passing a criminal background check in 2011, Br. James A. Ligouri, former associate vice president and executive director of Fordham’s Westchester campus, resigned July 20 after a claim that he sexually abused a child was made public.

5 more men file sex abuse claims against order from Chicago-area high schools

July 30, 2012

By Mike Nolan | Sun-Times Media

Five more men have filed claims in bankruptcy court alleging they were sexually abused as boys while attending Catholic schools operated by the Irish Christian Brothers, according to a Chicago law firm that’s representing the men.

Three more claims of sexual assault made by Palma alumni

July 30, 2012

By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY Herald Salinas

Facing a Wednesday deadline, a Seattle attorney said he will file three new claims on behalf of Palma High School alumni who say they were sexually assaulted by Father Gerald "Jerry" Funcheon in the 1980s.

Former Iona College President Brother James Liguori Named in Child Sex Abuse Suit

July 19, 2012

By Robert Cox

A California man has filed a lawsuit claiming he was sexually abused by Brother James A. Liguori, C.F.C., Ed.D in 1969 when the boy at a Cardinal Farley Military Academy in in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The school was run by the Irish Christian Brothers, a New Rochelle-based Catholic religious order.

Victims have more time to sue for past sex abuse

June 10, 2012

By Derrick DePledge

Victims of childhood sexual abuse in Hawaii will have more time to bring civil lawsuits under a new state law that recognizes that many are often too afraid or ashamed to confront their abusers sooner.

Abuse support urges Church do more to help victims

Steve Klamkin | WPRO News
March 29, 2012

A support group for victims of sexual abuse by clergy is calling on the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence to reach out to potential abuse victims who may have attended a Warwick parochial high school.

Last Chance for Possible Abuse Victims at Montebello Catholic School

By: Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou, EGP Staff Writer
March 22, 2012

Former students who want to file sex abuse lawsuits against the Congregation of Christian Brothers, which staffed Cantwell High School in Montebello from 1948 until 1990, will be barred from doing so after Aug. 1.

Hendricken alums get ominous letter about Christian Brothers

By: Tim White
March 3, 2012

Thousands of alumni from Bishop Hendricken High School have received letters advising them of a pending bankruptcy case against the congregation that once ran the school, and setting a deadline for those who plan to file a sex abuse claim.

Not the last word on sexual abuse

By: TU Editorial Board
March 6, 2012

Our opinion: An agreement between the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese and local district attorneys on sexual abuse reporting is fine, but the real solution is a state law to make clergy mandated reporters.

3 Former Palma High Employees Accused Of Sexual Abuse

By: Susanne Brunner
Feburary, 27 2012

SALINAS, Calif. -- Former employees of a Central Coast private school are accused of sexual abuse. On Monday, demonstrators rallied outside Palma High School in hopes of bringing the accusations to light.

Catholic Christian Brothers order files for bankruptcy

By: Laura L. Myers
SEATTLE | Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:59am EDT

(Reuters) - The North American branch of the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic order that runs schools around the world, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting sexual abuse claims against U.S. and Canadian members.

The Christian Brothers, the venerable, New Rochelle-based Catholic order that runs Iona College and more than two dozen secondary schools, has filed for bankruptcy and may have to begin selling off properties.

'DIOCESE LET SCHOOL BIG SLIDE'

By DAN MANGAN
February 28, 2008

The former principal of a prestigious Catholic high school who resigned amid allegations of inappropriate images on his work computer was allowed to stay on the job for nearly five months after a priest wrote the New York Archdiocese accusing him of serious misconduct, The Post has learned.

Catholic Principal Was Fired Over Photos, Official Says

By CARA BUCKLEY
February 28, 2008

The principal at a prominent Catholic boys’ high school in the Bronx was ousted late last week after photos of nude men were discovered on his computer, a law enforcement official confirmed on Wednesday.

HAUNTED BY PAST PRINCIPAL IN '86 PERV BUST

By: DAN MANGAN
November 19, 2007

A Roman Catholic brother credited with turning around an all-boys Harlem high school was removed as principal after someone complained that he had been arrested two decades ago for allegedly soliciting a boy for sex, The Post has learned.

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